It is mentioned by James Pierson, VTA Planning and Development Manager, that 6 or 7 hydrogen-fueled buses will be what the ZEB Demonstration project consists of in 2003.
The ZEB buses will be purchased in a consortium with AC Transit .
Item 34 (contract amendment with Outreach and Escort, Inc. to remove "compensation ceiling" up to the approved budget for services; increase VTA's ops budget for ADA paratransit services by over $1.4 million) passes.
Mr. Pierson expressed that Outreach had some problems with its phone system.